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April,
27, Rained in night and till afternoon moderately & plentifully for the present- warm & thunder in evening. I gave all my negro men(except old peter) ½ Bus' Sweet potatoes each to Plant, they planted part in evening. Had Fodder put into Stable Loft. Wm Bell set 2 Crowns & 2 quarter dollars by Davy 16/2. I owed change 6d- 16/8. Sent 2 Gammons 20 lb Bacon at ⅓.
28, Sunday. Fair & warm till evening, cloudy & some drops of rain. C. Taylor came over
to breakfast and shaved- I returned to J. Taylor's with him- His family, T. Crutchfield
and wife dined there.
29, Broken clouds-drying weather. C. Taylor came here to Breakfast- His cart came &
took his Desk, some beds & sundry other things home, he & part of the family
went to live in his Kitchen- his daughters *Betsy, & Polly, & Patsy came by
here from J. Taylor's. Had ground broke up for a Hemp patch by Shelter. Took an
out 19th Hhd Corn. One of the old Cows calved. [*Elizabeth married Thomas Jenkins, Mary married Rob't Taylor, Harriet married Catlett Conway-WKA
30, Tuesday, Fair morning, turned cloudy before noon and began to rain soon after,
rained moderately all the evening. I took a dose Ipecac & Jallap, which appears
to be of advantage- Walked out & killed a Squirrel before breakfast. Had above ½ Bus' Hemp seed sown. Began to plow cornfield across. C. Taylor sent
dozen herrings & some Irish potatoes (from Capt Conway's) to plant

May,
1, Wednesday, Cloudy & small rain at times in the day. Shower with wind
I walked in evening to J. Taylors, got G.C.T's Newspapers. Mr. T. Barbour got to
J.T. whilst I was there, he & J.T. intend to Fred'g tomorrow. Gave Mr Barbour
a Mem'o to get me some things, which he said it wou'd suit him to pay for- I
did not send money-
2, Cleared last night- windy cool, fair day. Had Timothy seed sown in the Spring
bottoms in Wheat. In evening Cabbage seed in a bed burned some days ago. Sent
6 Bus' Corn & got ground at McKinney's Mill. Sister J. Taylor sent for honey.
I sent about a quart. Capt Conway came here in evening, we intend to go to a
Sale at Mr. Triplett's tomorrow.
3, Clouds and rain with flakes of snow till about noon. Broken clouds afternoon,
cold evening. Had 20th Hhd Corn taken out. C. Taylor came here to breakfast,
he & Capt Conway dined here- he latter went away about 2 o'clock intending
to Mr. Triplett's- the rain prevented C. Taylor & me from going. I let C. Taylor
have the gold I rec'd the 22d ulto at Court, of T. Richards £36.4.0 & a dollar
making £36.10.0 which I lend him towards building &c.
4, Great white frost. the earth frozen in moist places, cold day, a few broken
clouds. Cucumbers &c bitten. I walked in evening to C. Taylor's- he paid A. Garton
£6. towards Shingles. Wm Bell sent half a Guinea & Silver 8/9- near 23/-
I sent him a Gammon 11 lb bacon 13/9 he owed 8/4 marking 22/1(p/r Davy) paid
W. Bell the 5th at Sermon in full lid.
5, [SUNDAY] Slight frost, cool & clear till evening. Hazy and cold. I walked to
Court house: Mr. O'Neil preached to a dozen hearers. I came to Aunt Taylor's

and dined. Mrs Burnley, Mr & Mrs Howard, there. Cam by J. Taylor's got list
of Articles T. Barbour bo't for me at Fred'g. £4.16.3 & bringing up 5/6-
£5.1.9. He & J. Taylor got up to day- he was gone home before I got there-
Aunt Thomas & John Pendleton's family had just got to J. Taylor's from Culpeper
Capt J. Walker sent a dollar for Hempseed- I sent all I had. not quite ½ Bushel
6, Monday, Fair till evening then hazy- moderate. I sent Frank with my Cart to J.
Taylor's & got home a Sack Salt, a Loaf Sugar & 30 lb brown sugar,which T. Barbour
bought for me at Fredericksburg. Mrs Porter, Mrs Wood & daughter, came
here before noon. Mrs Wood looked at my house, said she intends to build and
wants a plan- They went from hence to C. Taylor's to dinner. F.S. Taylor got
here about noon, he said he had come to Fredericksburg on business and rode to
Orange to see his friends- I went with him to J. Taylor's to dinner. Aunt Thomas,
E. Pendleton, T. Crutchfield wife there-After dinner we went to C. Taylor's
C.T. was from home, W. Gibson at work- We returned to my house.